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Skilled labor shortage amplifies need to boost vocational education

The Korte Company

We can see the writing on every wall we put up: The underlying driver of today’s skilled labor shortage has not been adequately addressed, so the gap between available workers and construction demand is sure to widen. And yet, school systems still devalue vocational education as a matter of policy.

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Read the Latest News on Idigitalhub and Open Space Innovate Uk Building, Envirotech 50-star Ipg Energy, First Uk Electricity From Waste Water, and Elecosoft New Collaborative Job Management Solution

UK Construction Blog

Furthermore, the first company in the UK to harness electricity from waste water will be Scottish Water. We don’t need to tear down walls to verify something because OpenSpace will show us.” ’ IPG’s Flameless Combustion generator solution produces pollution-free electricity from any fuel.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

When MEP (Systems as it was called then) appeared a year later they extended the concept to Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing lumped in with Mechanical till release 2013). A HVAC plan is different because most engineers want to see the highest duct masking lower ducts. Electrical - Same as Mechanical.

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Managing moisture in construction: Effective strategies for durable roofing systems

Construction Specifier

The construction process and various finishing activities, such as pouring concrete, or dry wall finishing, can generate large amounts of moisture. Left unaddressed, this moisture can migrate into various areas of the structure, including into the roofing system, leaving materials wet and deteriorating.

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Revit OpEd: Room Separation Lines - Agida for MEP?

Revit OpEd

The essence of my response via email: HVAC Zones are meant to combine spaces into larger more coherent collections for engineering purposes. From the HVAC engineers perspective irrelevant but not from the clients or the architect trying to satisfy them. They might end up asking Autodesk to make more elements room defining? at 10:32 PM.

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Revit OpEd: How Many Worksets Do I Need?

Revit OpEd

Linked Files - Electrical (Revit). I may not want a water heater visible in my HVAC floor plan and the plumbing views probably dont want to see a condensing unit in them. Wall Floor Interaction and Linked Models. ► 2006. ► December 2006. (14). ► October 2006. (5). ► September 2006. (10).